Sr Lead Product Manager

PayPal•San Jose, CA

3d•$229,481 - $300,500•Hybrid

About The Position

PayPal has been revolutionizing commerce globally for over 25 years, creating innovative experiences that make moving money, selling, and shopping simple, personalized, and secure. PayPal empowers consumers and businesses in approximately 200 markets to join and thrive in the global economy. The company operates a global, two-sided network at scale that connects hundreds of millions of merchants and consumers, facilitating transactions and payments online and in person. PayPal offers proprietary payment solutions, enabling purchases, payments, transfers, and withdrawals using various funding sources including bank accounts, PayPal/Venmo balances, credit products, credit/debit cards, cryptocurrencies, and stored value products. PayPal, Venmo, and Xoom products simplify fund transfers between friends and family. For merchants, PayPal provides end-to-end payment solutions, authorization and settlement capabilities, instant access to funds, and risk management. The company also helps merchants connect with customers, process exchanges, and manage returns. PayPal enables consumers to engage in cross-border shopping and merchants to extend their global reach by reducing the complexity of international trade. The company's operations are guided by core values of Inclusion, Innovation, Collaboration, and Wellness, ensuring a customer-centric approach and a focus on employee well-being and community support.

Requirements

Master’s degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field plus 4 years of experience in the job offered or a related occupation. Employer will accept a Bachelor’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field plus 10 years of progressively responsible experience in the job offered or a related occupation.
Experience with leadership in successful end-to-end executions of complex, multi-faceted projects involving multiple partners (4 years)
Fintech trends, technologies, regulatory environments, and customer needs (4 years)
Experience influencing and driving results across all levels of an organization and communicating technical details and concepts to non-technical audiences (4 years)
Experience with project management framework and tools (4 years)
Analyzing quantitative and qualitative data to derive actionable business insights and recommendations (4 years)
Designing and executing pilots to validate new business ideas and drive innovation (4 years)
Experience with financial system architecture including payment rails, APIs, ledger systems and reconciliation workflows, enabling effective collaboration on scalable and secure solutions (1 year)
Integrating financial regulations into product requirements while balancing user experience, risk management and business growth (1 year)

Nice To Haves

Partial telecommuting permitted from within a commutable distance.

Responsibilities

Identify and evaluate emerging trends, technologies, and partnership opportunities to inform product roadmap and strategy.
Work closely with executive leadership to define and execute PayPal's product strategy, focusing on growth, customer satisfaction, and partnership management.
Partner with cross-cutting and product teams across PayPal/Venmo to define strategy for in-store checkout and P2P experiences in the digital wallets ecosystem.
Advocate for PayPal and Venmo in determining when and how to become involved with broad, multistakeholder initiatives.
Understand the local needs of customers and engage appropriate stakeholders to build products that cater to those needs.
Collaborate with engineering, design, product, technology, marketing, sales, and other stakeholders to deliver products that meet customer needs and drive business growth.
Coordinate product development with external partners to ensure development addresses a cohesive product roadmap that aligns with business goals and customer needs.
Work with external partners and global partners to manage wallet partnerships and ensure PayPal and Venmo requirements and considerations are being met.
Build and deepen partnerships to accelerate execution and/or de-risk vision for digital wallets.
Work closely with marketing and partnerships teams to explore new opportunities for growth and innovation within the product landscape and through outside collaboration.
Drive the financial performance of relevant products, focusing on revenue growth, profitability, and market share.
Engage in discussions with wallet partners to ensure financial impacts are shared across partners and terms align with PayPal's goals and objectives.
Establish and track OKRs to measure the success of set initiatives, using data-driven insights to refine and improve product strategy over time.
Collaborate with finance and analytics teams in conducting qualitative and quantitative analyses to monitor product performance and make strategic adjustments as needed.